WAR IN MOROCCO.
FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. PARIS, July 16. The Government .is despatching 50,000 reinforcements to Morocco, including the Moroccan division from tho Ruhr. It is also enrolling volunteers. Riffs surrounded u battalion of Algerians at Ainmakouf. Marshal Potain is departing for Morocco to confer with General Lyantey regarding measures to be taken against the Riffs. —A. and N.Zi cable. FRENCH COLUMNS ADVANCE. Received July 18. 11.10 a.in. PARIS. July 17. A communique from Fez records strong action by the French aircraft against enemy columns, and reports that French columns are marching through the country west of Leben, reassuring the population, whom the Riffs are trying to win over. The communique adds: “The situation is still serious' owing to the Riffs’ political efforts and penetrations of our lines.”— A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 192, 18 July 1925, Page 9
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